Migrant Caravan Heads for U.S. Border Following Democrat Midterm Wins

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Anew migrant caravan of approximately 2,000 to 3,000 people—mostly from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Haiti, has left southern Mexican and is heading for the U.S. border.

Members of the caravan are hoping last week’s Democrat midterm victories will lead to reopening the border and make it easier to enter the United States.

Cesar Sandoval, a Nicaraguan migrant, told CNN, “We know that the Democrats are not going to let a point as big as the Latino vote be lost. And I think they are going to give us the opportunity to reach our new homes, our new opportunities.”

U.S. officials, including Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, warned Wednesday that federal authorities will not be “giving one inch” to illegal migrants in the caravan.

During an interview on Fox News, Homan said:

Congress may be more blue, Texas may be more blue, but the White House is red, bright red. These caravans can come to the border all they want, they’re not going to be released into the United States. They’re going to be turned around or prosecuted then turned around because we will charge them with a crime.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) maintains that the border remains closed and strictly enforced under the Trump administration, stating that “catch and release” policies have ended and that anyone attempting illegal entry will be apprehended and removed.

DHS told Fox News in a statement:

USBP is closely engaged with its international partners to monitor their movement and any additional developments. [United States Border Patrol] USBP reminds migrants that under the leadership of President Trump and Homeland Secretary Mullin, the border has remained closed and secured for the last 16 months.

The Daily Wire reports a different migrant caravan left Honduras last month and reached Mexico, while another caravan left in September before Mexican authorities broke it up near the Chiapas-Oaxaca border.

There is concern that Democratic leadership in border states like Texas could open the floodgates.

Democratic governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has yet to say whether she would prevent state police from working alongside federal immigration authorities.